Georgia getting the workforce motivated

A new firm is aiming to help companies motivate their employees by offering a range of inspirational speakers from the worlds of sport and business. Wilmslow-based Georgia Group is led by a board of directors made up of John Fay, who received an MBE for services to leadership, round-the-world yachtsman and polar explorer Manley Hopkinson, Den Power, formerly of retailer Jack Wills, and Falklands veteran Simon Weston.

A new firm is aiming to help companies motivate their employees by offering a range of inspirational speakers from the worlds of sport and business.

Wilmslow-based Georgia Group is led by a board of directors made up of John Fay, who received an MBE for services to leadership, round-the-world yachtsman and polar explorer Manley Hopkinson, Den Power, formerly of retailer Jack Wills, and Falklands veteran Simon Weston.

It has signed up speakers including mountaineer Peter Sunnucks, who has climbed Mount Everest, and senior staff from businesses including IBM, Marks & Spencer and United Utilities.

Clients include House of Fraser, Shop Direct Group and GAME Group.

Georgia Group is a sister company of Georgia Golf, which manages professional golfers competing on the European Tour.